I saw this story today reported in the ST. Louis Beacon where some Republican Missouri State legislators are trying to OPT out of the health care reform before it is even fully finalized. "Supporters of Missouri effort to opt out of federal health reform may have clear path to ballot."
So many of us in this country are doing our best to make the world a better place for those who need health care reform and more choices. And, there are so many in this state who need help. Yet, here in Missouri we have a bunch of backward thinking, inbred and home-schooled yahoos running things, and they think we would be better off if we opt out of the plans currently being proposed. We have close to a million people in this state who don't have insurance, and then those of us who can't afford our premiums any longer.
We are almost there on the federal level, and now we have to fight off the GOP evil deeds at the local level too? When does the insanity stop?
This is quite disconcerting that they are trying to prevent progress at every level. Full story at the link below.
http://www.stlbeacon.org/beacon_backroom/missouri_opt-out_effort_wins_legislative_support
Supporters of Missouri effort to opt out of federal health reform may have clear path to ballot
Posted 3:10 p.m. Wed., 12.09.09 - State Sen. Jane Cunningham, R-Chesterfield, appears to have locked down at least half of the state Senate's votes in her bid to get a proposal on next year's statewide ballot that would let Missouri opt out of any federal health-care overhaul.
"We want to shield Missouri from unconstitutional mandates,'' said Cunningham at Wednesday's news conference, held in Chesterfield's City Hall, before dozens of allies from the Legislature, health-care community and the public.
"My No. 1 priority this session is this bill,'' said one of those Senate allies, state Sen. Jim Lembke, R-Lemay.
As it stands, Cunningham said she had 17 Senate sponsors and co-sponsors, including herself. That's half of the 34-member Senate. Several Republican members of the state House, including Brian Nieves of Washington and Tim Jones of Eureka, said their companion measure has strong support.
Also apparently on board: the St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society and the state Medical Association, which voted this week against many of the health-care proposals under consideration by the U.S. Senate.
In a statement issued at the news conference, the St. Louis society asserted that the Senate measure was "fundamentally flawed'' because of high costs, improper "government intrusion'' and "insufficient deliberation."
If this happens, I am packing up and moving to a more progressive state...like Arkansas!